CANDICE Nayda’s fight for animal rights spans as far back as her primary school years.

ELIZABETH HENSON

The AdvertiserJuly 15, 201411:27pm

CANDICE Nayda’s fight for animal rights spans as far back as her primary school years.

“As a little kid, when I was in primary school, I read books about whaling and lots of different things came up about the dolphin slaughters in Taiji (Japan),” she said.

“I would design petitions to go around my primary school to stop the dolphin slaughter.”

Today, Ms Nayda, 29, continues to campaign for animal rights and the environment and has been nominated for a Pride of Australia Medal in the Environment category.

Over several years, Ms Nayda has helped rehabilitate the Stirling Quarry, planted trees as part of the State Government’s Million Trees project and assisted in the building of the Stebonheath wetlands at Munno Para West.

She also volunteers with Green Corp and marine activist organisation Sea Shepherd.

However, she said her greatest achievement was highlighting the plight of sharks earlier this year.